About Valentina S.

I'm Valentina and I'm Italian, born and raised in Torino, Italy. I've just moved here in Michigan and I'm very excited to share my language and tradition here! I have been teaching Italian for the past 3 years. As far as my teaching experience goes, I have previously tutored Italian for young students ranging in age from elementary school to adults while I still lived in Turin. I’m outgoing, versatile and enthusiastic to share everything about my language, culture and traditions.

About Valentina

Hello everyone!I am Italian mother tongue and I have been teaching Italian for the past 3 years. While in college I acquired my Master's degree in Architecture from the Polytechnic of Turin. Currently I live in the Detroit and I would love to continue my passion for my Italian heritage by showing it off to others that lives here as well. I am available to teach: Italian history, Language, Architecture, Document translation from Italian to English and from English to Italian as well as anything else you need to know about the Italian culture!! As far as my teaching experience goes, I have previously tutored English and Italian for young students ranging in age from elementary school to young adults. I teach in person and online as well. I like to teach using books, photographs and videos and prepare sheets with lesson of grammar and exerc

ises. I’m very open minded and according to your preference I can organize the best lessons for you.Have a nice day!Buona giornata!

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Reviews

Peggy .. June 7, 2017·Italian·Online

Valentina is very personable and seems really interested in helping me. I enjoyed my time with her!

John May 2, 2017·Italian·Online

Valentina, is a wonderful teacher, She gets me used to hearing the language, since much of the fluidity of a new language revolves around the ear and hearing, and pronouncing the new words. She has given me a language course with background, and a grounding in grammar; and helps me with the words and idioms the I will use when I am in Italy. I am extremely happy with my lessons.

Peter May 2, 2017·Italian·In home

Valentina did an excellent job teaching/trying to teach us Italian. She is smart, very pleasant, accommodating and a good teacher. You can't ask for much more.

Valentina S.

Valentina S.

About Eric M.

Students will be tutored in the grammar and vocabulary of the language. This is best for students already enrolled in a class who need extra assistance on the side.

About Eric

I am a classically trained professional opera singer in the North Chicago area. I received my bachelor's degree in vocal performance at the University of Miami and my master's degree at Northwestern University. I have lived, performed, and taught in the Greater Chicago area from two years and am always looking to take on students of all ages who are interested in classical, musical theater, or pop/jazz singing. I can also teach beginning to intermediate piano skills. Let me help you unlock your most beautiful sound!

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Curt G. March 14, 2016·Piano·In home

My wife and I took 2 months of lessons from Eric and they were all great! We were both basically beginners (I had some memory from lesson that I took as a kid) and Eric helped us get started and off on the right track. He has a great/fun personality and is a great teacher. Unfortunately we were unable to keep taking lessons with him due to a conflict in scheduling. I would totally recommend him as a piano teacher though.

Kathy February 6, 2016·Piano·In home

Positive reinforcement, patience with first-time piano student.

Ian L. January 8, 2016·Broadway Singing·In home

He had a great personality, very encouraging, and was a good fit for my son who's striving to be a pop/broadway singer.

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About Fabio G.

I grew up in Italy so I speak fluent Italian. I've been tutoring students here in the US for many years now. I focus on give the students almost immediately the tools to start talking with small useful sentences to make them able to say small elementary sentences at first than moving to a more complicated use of the language. I focus on pronunciation, dictionary and grammar (being Italian a pretty complicated language). I work individually with each student in order to achieve each student's goals.

About Fabio

My name is Fabio I'm a professional singer based in New York city.I graduated from the prestigious Berklee College of Music with a bachelor degree in Jazz Vocal Performance.I was awarded with the third prize from the Shure Montreux Jazz Voice Competition 2016I tutor several students of all ages in singing technique, Jazz improv techniques and vocal health.I focus on technique providing technique exercises from Berklee teachers and other techniques methods that I've been selecting in my experience as a student. I stress a lot on breathing exercises and in the exploring each one's sound in order to achieve my student's goals.

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Fabio G.

About Veronica M.

Hello!I am Italian and since January I am living in Texas. My goal is to help whoever needs support to learn Italian.

As a teacher I have always taught art and theatre to elementary kids. Here in Texas I would like to bring my knowledge of Italian focusing on the structure of the language itself and on the slang.

As homework I will recommend Italian movies to watch, Italian music to listen to and books to read, depending on the student's level.

About Veronica

Hello!I am Italian and since January 2016 I am living in Texas. My goal is to help whoever needs support to learn Italian.

As a teacher I have always taught art and theatre to elementary kids. Here in Texas I would like to bring my knowledge of Italian focusing on the structure of the language itself and on the slang, in order to be ready to face a real Italian environment.

I speak Italian, English, Spanish and I am now learning French.I truly believe in the power of a language and in its most "informal" way to be spoken, therefore conversations are going to be a big part of our sessions.

As homework I will recommend Italian movies to watch, Italian music to listen to and books to read, depending on the student's level.

I can travel to students or meet them online.

Feel free to contact me to get more details!I lo

ok forward to hearing from you and helping you to get into the Italian world!

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Veronica M.

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Veronica M.

Online

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$25
/ 30-min

About Andrea V.

Being a native Italian and having lived in Rome for over 30 years gives me the necessary knowledge to know what is needed in order to learn the Italian language and get deeper into the Italian culture. Also having over 20 years of teaching experience allows me to tailor my knowledge to the need of every particular student. I really enjoy to transfer my knowledge and solve the unique problems that every student encounter during their path.

About Andrea

Bassist and composer Andrea Veneziani performs extensively within the improvised music scene, across a broad spectrum of genres. His instrumental tone, sensitivity and imagination, and melodic approach to a supposedly clumsy instrument brought him to perform and record with many established musicians. Based in New York City, his work as an instrumentalist and composer can be regularly heard at the top jazz clubs in the city and around the globe.

As a current faculty member of the New York Jazz Workshop, Andrea Veneziani is a dedicated educator. He has taught master classes at the National Institute of Music and the National University of Costa Rica, at the Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, Turkey and at the Olav Duun Videregående Skole in Namsos, Norway. He also served as an adjunct professor at New York University, where he graduated i

n 2011 with a Master of Music Degree in Performance with a Concentration in Jazz as a Fulbright scholarship recipient.

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Catherine June 22, 2017·Italian·In studio

Andrea is very personable and easy going. He is unintimidating and yet knowledgeable. A pleasure to learn from.

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About Adriana M.

Learning Italian with me is a true adventure. My lessons are fun, practical and interesting. I not only focus on grammar but also culture. I am willing to tailor my lessons to meet your learning needs and style.

About Adriana

I have a passion for learning languages and love sharing it with others. With over 17 years of teaching experience I am sure to make your journey fun and interesting. Besides teaching I love reading, traveling, hiking and cooking.

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Deborah September 4, 2017·Italian·In home

I had a wonderful time learning with Adriana before my recent trip to Italy. It was my first time, and I thought it would be nice to know some useful phrases before I went. Not only is Adriana an excellent teacher of the Italian language (I was only able to just tap into her expertise given the little time I gave us before my trip), but she also has extensive knowledge of Italian culture. My time in Italy was so much more meaningful thanks to our lessons. I can't recommend her highly enough! Buon divertimento!

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$59
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About Giovanna M.

Ciao !I've been teaching for 15 years in Italy I'm able to teach using my creativity For example you can learn through the songs or the italian recipe we can talk about italian movie and if you want we can start by gesture!

About Giovanna

Do you think that learning italian is important for you and/or for your kids?Intorally agree with you .I'm native italian speaker born and raised in Italy.I got my bachelor degree in Education from Roma 3 University in 2010.Learning language means to learn about culture.I have taught students of every age and with different needs between children who learn by playing games and adults who want to acquire a language for their different goals.

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$42
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About Marco M.

Native Italian speaker tutors beginner, intermediate and advanced learners in the Italian language. All ages are welcome. Every lesson is based on the needs or goals of each student. I will help you learn the Italian pronunciation, grammar, verbs, lexicon and much more! Iniziamo subito!

About Marco

I'm a native Italian speaker student who is currently living in New Jersey and I'm enrolled in Brookdale Community College where I'm majoring in International Studies. Since I was little I've always liked foreign languages, so that I've studied English, French and Spanish in high school and I'm now studying Japanese in college.

When I was in Italy I tutored elementary, middle school and high school students in English from 2014 to 2016 with positive feedback. From 2016 to 2017 I worked as a Student Assistant on campus at Brookdale Community College where I gave information about enrollment and classes to foreign students, filed papers, typed documents and managed miscellaneous duties.

I really like teaching people that are interested in the study of the Italian language or they want to improve their knowledge. I also help students wi

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alian 2, and left the class with an A! I feel like my Italian skills have progressed a lot with just one semester, and Giulio is still tutoring me through the rest of my classes."

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"Giulio is great--knowledgeable and approachable and friendly. I asked him for help with my conversational skills, and he had prepared questions to get me

speaking, which worked nicely. He gave me useful guidance about issues like when to use "tu" versus "Lei" and word order within sentences. I can tell that these lessons are going to improve my speaking and listening skills tremendously. Excellent teacher!"

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